Across
- 4. also known as Father Christmas
- 5. scares children who have misbehaved
- 7. festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar and solar Chinese calendar
- 8. originated as a holiday to give gifts to the poor, today is primarily known as a shopping holiday
- 10. also known as the festival of lights
- 12. observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar
- 13. an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season
- 14. smashing of pinatas is included in this celebration
- 15. also known as the Three Wise Men
Down
- 1. occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun
- 2. an Eastern Slavic religious and fold holiday
- 3. festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples
- 5. first celebrated in 1966 based on African harvest festival traditions
- 6. annual festival commemorating the birth of jesus christ
- 9. a Japanese traditional celebration on the last day of the year
- 11. best known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in Ganapatya sect.